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[Xue Sheng]

I believe they're just called Chinese characters. Xue?

Kanji is the Japanese word used by the Japanese and it is the Japanese name for the Chinese characters that the Japanese use in their writing system.

I have no idea what the Japanese call the entire Chinese writing system.

The Chinese do not use the word Kanji and at the moment the word for their alphabet that the Chinese use escapes me… that is assuming I ever new it in the first place

 

[DavidCC]

I believe they're just called Chinese characters. Xue?

I'm sure the Chinese have a word for it...

 

[Xue Sheng]

I'm sure the Chinese have a word for it...

OK this was driving me nuts so I went and looked it up.. and I did know it before... I'm just old and forgetful.

And it is (Drum roll please) Hànzì (This is Mandarin I do not know what it would be in other Dialects)

 

[Kembudo-Kai Kempoka]

OK this was driving me nuts so I went and looked it up.. and I did know it before... I'm just old and forgetful.

And it is (Drum roll please) Hànzì (This is Mandarin I do not know what it would be in other Dialects)

And if you it the "H" hard, you can see where the Japanese got Kanji from. Hm.

 

[Xue Sheng]

And if you it the "H" hard, you can see where the Japanese got Kanji from. Hm.

Kanji, I believe, means Han Character which is a reference to the Han Dynasty and the majority of people in China today still refer to themselves (ethnically) as Han people

Chinese - Hanzi
Japanese - Kanji
(and please correct me if necessary)
Korean - Hangul or Hanja
Vietnamese - Han Tu

 

[MBuzzy]

Kanji, I believe, means Han Character which is a reference to the Han Dynasty and the majority of people in China today still refer to themselves (ethnically) as Han people

Chinese - Hanzi
Japanese - Kanji
(and please correct me if necessary)
Korean - Hangul or Hanja
Vietnamese - Han Tu

Since you asked....

Korean - Hanja or Hanmun.

BIG difference between Hangul and Hanja. Hangul is actually the native Korean writing system commissioned in 1443 as a way to increase literacy and give Korea its own written language rather than using strictly Chinese characters or Hanja. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hangul

And if you ask me...WAY easier than Chinese! A simple alphabet, very easy to read and completely poenetic based.

 

[JadecloudAlchemist]

Xue is correct about Han=Kan Ji=letters and from the Han period. I have no idea how much came from the Han period :idunno: